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Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86972

A preparation step used in blood-bank testing. Red blood cells from a sample are treated in the laboratory to remove something that would otherwise interfere, so that antibody detection or compatibility testing can give a clear answer. It is performed when a straightforward test is being confused by other material in the sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Red Cell Preparation For Antibody Testing cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$23.99 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$28.84 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $29 to $135Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $17 to $44
$1$5$20$100facility $40professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North Dakota than in North Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$28.84

ND $52.48NC $22.39

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.